Scottish Executive

Community Safety

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional police officers could be employed if the £30 million for neighbourhood wardens announced in its press release SESJ055/2002 was spent on employing police officers.

Ms Margaret Curran: £20 million, not £30 million, announced in SESJ055/2002 is to fund neighbourhood warden schemes. Neighbourhood wardens are not an alternative for the police.

Health and Safety

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all infectious diseases that would be notified by an NHS board to funeral directors in a board's area to ensure they are not at risk of infection.

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is given to funeral directors on the cremation of a body where death was due to a notifiable disease.

Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30227 on 17 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

  http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Rail Network

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list each railway station and provide any information it has on who owns and operates each station.

Lewis Macdonald: The railway station at Prestwick is owned by Prestwick International Airport. Scotland’s remaining railway stations are the responsibility of Railtrack, and are either managed directly by them or leased to train operating companies.